# Botticelli - January 2019

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993 "2018-12-31T17:36:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/81 "2019-01-11T23:50:14Z")

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IQ: Did you ask George to tell you about the rabbits?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/82 "2019-01-12T02:09:02Z")

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Yes, I am Lennie Small from _Of Mice and Men_.

wtg Prof!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/83 "2019-01-12T02:23:08Z")

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All right, **Prof. P.** - great job!

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/84 "2019-01-12T02:50:38Z")

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And on to M!

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/85 "2019-01-12T14:33:09Z")

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IQ1: Do you have to go home if you say your name backwards?  
IQ2: Are you a Spider-Man foe who has a dome for a head?  
IQ3: Are you an Eskimo who changes despair into joy and chaos into rest?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/86 "2019-01-12T17:12:38Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Do you have to go home if you say your name backwards?  
> IQ2: Are you a Spider-Man foe who has a dome for a head?  
> IQ3: Are you an Eskimo who changes despair into joy and chaos into rest?

#1. I am not Mr. Mxyzptlk.  
#2. I am not Mysterio.  
#3. I am not the Mighty Quinn.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/87 "2019-01-12T17:30:45Z")

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IQs:

Were you called “Red” in your youth?  
Did your friends call you “Doc”?  
Was your mom named Euterpe?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/88 "2019-01-12T17:46:44Z")

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IQ1: Are you QB for the Cleveland Browns?  
IQ2: Are you QB for the Atlanta Falcons?  
IQ3: Are you QB for the Detroit Lions?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/89 "2019-01-13T18:20:52Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> IQs:
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> Were you called “Red” in your youth?  
> Did your friends call you “Doc”?  
> Was your mom named Euterpe?

Take DQs for the first two.  
Euterpe’s mom was Mnemosyne. Is that who you meant? Otherwise, take a DQ.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/90 "2019-01-13T18:22:45Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you QB for the Cleveland Browns?  
> IQ2: Are you QB for the Atlanta Falcons?  
> IQ3: Are you QB for the Detroit Lions?

Take 3 DQs.

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/91 "2019-01-13T19:27:28Z")

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Baker Mayfield, Matt Ryan, Matthew Stafford

DQ: Real?  
DQ: Last name start with M?  
DQ: Male?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/92 "2019-01-13T20:00:05Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. First name starts with M
3. Male  
I just knew they weren’t Mannings.

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/93 "2019-01-13T21:12:59Z")

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IQ1: Did Andrew Sachs play you in Fawlty Towers?  
IQ2: Are you a Golden Age robot fighter?  
IQ3: Did you play Fox & Mulder’s boss on X-Files?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/94 "2019-01-13T21:55:14Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Did Andrew Sachs play you in Fawlty Towers?  
> IQ2: Are you a Golden Age robot fighter?  
> IQ3: Did you play Fox & Mulder’s boss on X-Files?

1. I am not Manuel.
2. I am not Magnus.  
Take a DQ for 3.

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/95 "2019-01-14T00:46:13Z")

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Mitch Pellegi

DQ: Alive?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/96 "2019-01-14T00:57:54Z")

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DQs:

1. Real
2. First name starts with M
3. Male
4. Deceased

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**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/97 "2019-01-14T02:08:17Z")

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IQs:

1. Were you a game show host and namesake of a probability math problem?
2. Are you known as the inventor of radio?
3. Have you played a bridesmaid, Sean Spicer, a Ghostbuster, and a cop with a puppet liver?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/98 "2019-01-14T02:11:57Z")

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> [@De\_La\_Rue](#):
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> IQs:
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> 1. Were you a game show host and namesake of a probability math problem?
> 2. Are you known as the inventor of radio?
> 3. Have you played a bridesmaid, Sean Spicer, a Ghostbuster, and a cop with a puppet liver?

#1. Take a DQ.  
#2. I am not G. Marconi.  
#3. I am not Melissa McCarthy.

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/99 "2019-01-14T03:59:23Z")

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IQ1: Are you The Karate Kid’s mentor?  
IQ2: Did you play IQ1?  
IQ3: Were you the voice of Barney Rubble?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-january-2019/826993/100 "2019-01-14T13:51:28Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> IQ1: Are you The Karate Kid’s mentor?  
> IQ2: Did you play IQ1?  
> IQ3: Were you the voice of Barney Rubble?

1. I am not Mr. Miyagi.
2. I am not Pat Morita.
3. I am not Mel Blanc.

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